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Anne Marie Almedal


Country of origin:

Norway

Type of music generally:

First album experimental; subsequent albums soft, folky alternative pop

Status:

Most recent release, Lightshadow (2018)

See also:

Anne Marie Almedal's Facebook page

Anne Marie Almedal's MySpace page

Wikipedia's entry for Anne Marie Almedal

The Ectophiles' Guide page for Velvet Belly, her former band

Comparisons:

First album somewhat like Anna Homler; subsequent albums like a softer Velvet Belly

Covers/own material:

Own, co-written, and occasional covers

General comments:

Anne Marie Almedal has one of the most beautiful voices ever. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)

Recommended first album:

going nine ways from wednesday if you like experimental music; otherwise one of the others

Recordings:


going nine ways from wednesday

with Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad

Release info:

2001—pan m records—pnm 2

Availability:

Norway

Ecto priority:

Recommended for fans of experimental music

Group members:

Anne Marie Almedal—vocals
Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad—words
Jan Bang—live sampling
Erik Honoré—live treatments

Produced by:

Jan Bang and Erik Honoré

Comments:

"this is a live, improvised studio recording. voice is the only sound source"

It is really Anne Marie Almedal from a live performance last year where Erik Honoré sampled it and made a background sound of it following her voice. It is really wonderfully done. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)


The Siren And The Sage

Release info:

2007—Warner (Norway)

Availability:

Norway

Ecto priority:

Recommended for fans of folky altpop

Group members:

Anne Marie Almedal—vocals, piano, harmonica, drums, glockenspiel, recorder

Guest artists:

Nicholas Sillitoe—guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), 10; backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 9); percussion (2, 9); synthesizer (2, 4, 7, 8); Ibook (2); organ (3, 8); piano (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); mellotron (4; harmonium (6); glockenspiel (8)
Paulin Skoglund Voss—cello (1, 10, 11)
Øystein Aamodt—guitar (1, 4, 7, 10, 11); backing vocals (4)
Gunnar Sœter—drums (4, 7, 8) Sigrun Tara Øverland—backing vocals, autoharp, lyre (5)
Ana Marinkovic—cello (5)
Ken Theodorsen—vocal treatments (6)
Eirik Dørsdal—trumpet (8) Henrik Eurenius—oboe (9)
Tom Rudi Torjussen—percussion (11)

Produced by:

Nicholas Sillitoe

Comments:

This is her first album solo and what an album it is. For those into Velvet Belly it is a must have. It has been played quite a bit around here since I bought it. Amazing and beautiful album and so her voice is as wonderful as always for those who remember her in her Velvet Belly days. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)

Blue Sky Blue

Release info:

2010—+47 (Norway)

Availability:

Norway

Ecto priority:

Recommended for fans of folky altpop

Group members:

Anne Marie Almedal—vocals, piano, autoharp, recorder, glockenspiel, percussion, melodica, singing bowls, organ, sounds

Guest artists:

Nicholas Sillitoe—nylon guitar (1, 4, 9, 10); guitar (5, 12); sounds (1); piano (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12); organ (3); vibraphone (4), whistle (4); quint steel string guitar (6); xylophone (6); drums (6); backing vocals (6, 7)
Øystein Aamodt—steel string guitar (5, 12); backing vocals (6, 7, 10, 11); guitar, percussion (6); mellotron (8, 9); lute guitar (9, 11)
Nemanja Marković—cello (1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11); backing vocals (10)
Danny Thompson—double bass (1, 4, 9)
Rolf Kristensen—steel guitar (1); electric guitar (1); steel string guitar (2, 9); Irish bouzouki, zither (2)
Stein Roger Sordal—bass (2, 6, 8)
Elisabeth Nesset—drums, percussion (2, 7, 8, 10)
Sebastian Gruchot—violin (2, 5, 10, 12); saxophone (5, 10, 12)
Katharine Blake—recorder, backing vocals (3)
Steven A William—percussion (9)
Sigrun Tara Øverland—backing vocals (11)

Produced by:

Nicholas Sillitoe

Comments:

One of the best albums of 2010. (gordodo@optonline.net, Marion)

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